Puerto Rico enacts law recognizing legal personhood of the unborn child

 

​On Dec. 22, 2025, the governor of Puerto Rico, Jenniffer González, signed Law 183-2025 — formerly Senate Bill 504 — which recognizes that the conceived child, “at any stage of gestation within the mother’s womb,” is a “natural person.”

By David Ramos / Jan 4, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA)